These creatures are hunted on Taiwan's Pratas Island. Their innards are taken out while the remaining meat in the shell is steamed. The restaurant suggests that its taste is akin to lobster or crab.

The Liaoning appeared to be returning to Qingdao port in eastern China via the Pratas Islands, in the northern part of the South China Sea, for "replenishing and necessary maintenance", said Jiang ...

China has carried out regular flights over the international waters between the southern part of Taiwan and the Taiwanese-controlled Pratas Islands in the South China Sea in recent months.